2. Team 1
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Our sense organs are packed with specialized cells called _________ that convert environmental energies into signals for the nervous system.
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A. stimuli
B. adaptors
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D. receptors
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3. Team 2
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Which part of the eye changes its shape to enable us to focus on a distant object and then on a nearby object?
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A. retina
B. cornea
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4. Team 1
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The perception of ________ is related to the intensity of light.
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A. brightness
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5. Team 2 The proportion of cones is greatest in which part of the eye?
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The proportion of cones is greatest in which part of the eye?
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A. fovea
B. blind spot
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6. Team 1 Top-down processing emphasizes all of the following EXCEPT…
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Top-down processing emphasizes all of the following EXCEPT…
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A. memory
B. stimulus features
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7. Team 2
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The smallest amount by which a stimulus can be changed and the difference can be detected…
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A. absolute threshold
B. signal detection
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8. Team 1 The most complex and highly developed sense for humans is…
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The most complex and highly developed sense for humans is…
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A. sight
B. smell
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C. hearing
D. touch
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9. Team 2
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As a bird flies towards you, you do not perceive it as growing larger. This is primarily due to…
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A. recognition
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C. size constancy
D. ambiguity
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10. Team 1 Which sense makes use of the electromagnetic spectrum?
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Which sense makes use of the electromagnetic spectrum?
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A. olfaction
B. taste
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C. hearing
D. vision
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11. Team 2
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The tympanic membrane is another name for which part of the ear?
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A semicircular canals
B. ear drum
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12. Team 1
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Sensory information related to the skin senses is processed within the…
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A. Frontal lobe
B. Semicircular canals
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D. Temporal lobe
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13. Team 2
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Whether a sound has a high or low ________ refers to the frequency of the sound.
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A. pitch
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14. Team 1
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Cells in the cortex that specialize in extracting certain features of a stimulus…
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A. neural impulses
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15. Team 2
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Hearing loss that results when the bones connected to the eardrum fail to transmit sound waves properly to the cochlea…
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A. general deafness
B. conduction deafness
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16. Team 1
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Perceptual analysis that emphasizes the characteristics of the stimulus, rather than our concepts and expectations…
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A. perceptual constancy
B. top-down processing
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D. illusions
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17. Team 2
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The view that perception is primarily shaped by learning (or experience), rather than by innate factors…
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A. learning-based inference
B. Gestalt psychology
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C. nature
D. perceptual set
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18. Team 1
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What is the process that converts physical energy, such as sound waves, into neural signals?
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A. kinesthesis
B. sensation
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C. psychophysics
D. transduction
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19. Team 2
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Sally works in a high rise building. She can see the buildings that surround her own, but those further away in the distance appear fuzzy and hazy. Sally is experiencing…
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A. Light & shadow
B. Atmospheric perspective
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C. Interposition
D. Relative size
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20. Team 1
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The ________ refers to the fact that we do not know how the brain combines features into a single percept.
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A. Gestalt approach
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D. uncertainty principle
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21. Team 2
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Which of the following is NOT a monocular cue for depth perception?
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A. interposition
B. convergence
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D. relative size
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22. Team 1 The visual cliff experiment was designed to test infants on….
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The visual cliff experiment was designed to test infants on….
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A. sensory overload
B. sensory adaptation
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C. depth perception
D. motor abilities
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23. Team 2
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__________ says that sensation is a judgment the sensory system makes about incoming stimulation.
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A. Trichromatic theory
B. Signal-detection theory
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C. Sensory adaptation
D. Fechner’s law
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24. Team 1
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The trichromatic theory explains that color vision depends on the relative rate of response by 3 types of cones: blue, red, and…
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A. black
B. green
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C. yellow
D. purple
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25. Team 2
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The opponent-process theory states that we perceive color not in terms of independent colors but in terms of a system of paired opposites: red vs __________, yellow vs __________, and white vs black.
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A. orange; green
B. blue; green
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C. green; blue
D. blue; orange
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26. Team 1
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_________ refers to the loss of responsiveness in receptor cells due to constant stimulation.
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A. Sensory adaptation
B. Absolute threshold
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C. Signal detection
D. Weber’s law
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27. Team 2
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_______ is the perception closely related to frequency, and ________ is a perception that depends on the amplitude of sound waves.
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A. Loudness; pitch
B. Pitch; timbre
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C. Loudness; timbre
D. Pitch; loudness
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28. Team 1
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It may take your science teacher a few seconds to recognize you when you see her in the grocery store. This experience illustrates the importance of…
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A. continuity
B. context
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C. common fate
D. closure
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29. Team 2
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As you view an abstract painting, you eventually see the red as the people and the black as the background. This demonstrates...
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A. optical illusion
B. proximity
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C. figure-ground
D. continuity
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30. Team 1
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The four primary tastes are sour, salty, sweet, and bitter. The fifth taste, which has recently been proposed, is known as…
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A. MSG
B. umami
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C. unanny
D. spicy
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31. Team 2 B. nature; nurture C. nurture; nature
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Learning-based inference is to ________ as Gestalt psychology is to _________.
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A. sensation; perception
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D. perception; sensation
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32. Team 1
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When discussing hearing, the process of transduction occurs in the…
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A. eardrum
B. auditory nerve
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C. ear canal
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33. Team 2
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Our sensory receptors play a key role in detecting _________ in the external world.
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A. receptors
B. changes
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D. comparisons
C. similarities
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34. Congratulations, You Just Won